Electronic resources for LaTeX
- Tony Roberts' excellent
web site introduction to LaTeX.
- TeX Frequently Asked Questions.
- Sebastian Rahtz's list of TeX-related URL's.
- LaTeX navigator, a French site
(with text variously in English, French, and German) with lots
of good documentation on LaTeX and links to other sites.
- LaTeX
for authors Detailed description of features, especially ones that
changed from previous versions of LaTeX.
- Tobias Oetiker's 72 page
Not so short introduction to LaTeX is available in several formats,
but you should choose the pdf (or pdf.gz) version because the ps
versions are formatted for 2-sided A4 or A5 paper.
- "Essential Latex ++"
A 26 page document that describes how to set text
in LaTeX.
- CTAN, the Comprehensive TeX
Archive Network, is the definitive source for LaTeX packages
and TeXware generally. A useful interface to CTAN is the
online catalogue.
- Help on Various Topics
- comp.text.tex is the main
newsgroup devoted to TeX and LaTeX.
- TeX FAQ, answers to
frequently asked question, with a searchable index.
- If you want to install TeX and LaTeX on your own personal computer,
there are several possibilities. Free implementations of TeX for many
operating systems are available. For information, you can try the following:
Commercial implementations of TeX are available too:
There is a commercial WYSIWYG front-end for
LaTeX called Scientific Word, as well
as a companion program Scientific WorkPlace that
additionally has an embedded copy of Maple.
email: Martin Karel